Salma Hayek will produce the Mexican drama series Monarca for Netflix

Salma Hayek is excited about the collaboration with Netflix.

Netflix has a new enlightened international series and this time is a Mexican fiction, which will be produced by Salma Hayek. The streaming giant has given a series order to the show titled Monarca. Actors Irene Azuela and Juan Manuel Bernal will play in the drama of the world's wealthy Mexican elite riddled with corruption, Netflix said in a statement.

The show will be produced by Ventanarosa, with Lemon Studios and Stearns Castle. Hayek said, "I am extremely excited to be collaborating with Netflix, and working with talented Mexican talent in front of and behind the camera.We are proud to show that Mexico is a vibrant, sophisticated and culturally rich nation struggling to control its own destiny. "

Monarca is portrayed as a high-stakes multigenerational family saga over a Mexican-born business empire that ensues when a family member decides to fight the dirty system that his family helped to create. Created by Diego Gutierrez and the show was written by Fernando Rovzar, Julia Denis, Sofia Clerici Ana and Sandra Garcia Velten. Michael McDonald of Stearns Castle will serve as producer.

"Mexico is a priority for us to continue developing series and we look forward to bringing the best originals to the world through partnerships with key players such as Ventanarosa and Lemon Studios," VP International Originals Erik Barmack said in a Deadline report.

"It's the definition of a passion project for me." Being born and raised in Mexico, I'm very excited to have the opportunity to tell this story with Netflix and the incredibly talented team we are assembling, in the United States and Mexico, "added Gutierrez

. The show is" the definition of a passion project "for him.

" Being Born and raised in Mexico, I am humbled to have the opportunity to tell this story with Netflix and the incredibly talented team of people we are. Monarca should start producing later this year and will be launched worldwide in 2019.

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